For Love and Music

Getting To Know A Top LA Music Agent with Noël Largess

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  People working behind-the-scenes in any creative industry don’t always get the recognition they deserve. Take talent agents, for example. Talent agents help keep the ship that is your favorite artist’s career running and consequently, growing. This is the life of Noël Largess of the United Talent Agency. As a cellist herself, Noël understands what life is like for the artist, and that translates into her work as an agent. Noël shares her experiences making tough calls …

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Making music in New Orleans, representing incredible talent and striving for positive change in the world with manager, Tavia Osbey

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  With all that’s happening in the world, the need for the music business to step up and bring people together has come to the forefront more than ever before. Music Manager, Tavia Osbey, brings this message home as she engages in an inspiring conversation with Tara Joseph. Tavia brings her creativity to the business side of the music industry, managing incredible talent out of New Orleans, including the Grammy-nominated band, Tank and the Bangas. Whether it’s …

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Cherishing relationships, opening doors, a fascination with Space, Astronauts and NASA and striving for success with composer Penka Kouneva

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  In this episode, Tara Joseph is joined by Penka Kouneva, a groundbreaking artist, composer, mentor, and passionate advocate for the advancement of female composers. Here, Penka shares the importance of her relationships across her career journey, even as she moved from Bulgaria to LA. She talks about the opportunities that opened up for her and the ways that people in her life contributed to those. Furthermore, with the COVID-19 pandemic right in front of us, …

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Film Scores: Telling Stories Through Music With Ronit Kirchman

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  Film scoring is a very human art form. More than what we see in a film, the music behind it carries and heightens the very diverse emotions we feel. Taking us into the world of scores, Tara Joseph interviews the fabulous, Ronit Kirchman. Ronit is a composer, music producer, songwriter, singer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist, who is best known for her innovative, genre-bending score for the acclaimed Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated anthology series, The Sinner. …

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The Synergy Between Love And Music with Julia Alperovich

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  There’s a synergy between love and any type of art or form of expression because love in itself is a form of expression, one of those art forms being music. Los Angeles-based love and relationship expert Julia Alperovich talks about the synergy between love and music. She dives into how we are all triggered by certain songs and talks about her specialization in treating a broad range of intimacy and sexual issues. — Listen …

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Timeless And Universal Film Scoring

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  In contemporary film scoring, we have seen changes that have blurred the line between the roles of composer and producer. Vivek Maddala, who joins Tara Joseph in this episode, believes it is not only necessary but also unavoidable to wear both hats at the same time. Vivek is a two-time Emmy winning composer with his scores for the Tom and Jerry show.  He also composed the score for the inspirational PBS documentary, The Asian Americans. …

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Forever on the Road with Music Manager, Bob Murray

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    Behind every successful musician/singer/songrwriter there is a manager strategizing the artists career and working hand in hand with the artist to make the best decisions possible.  Working with various successful artists and a man who doesn’t stay put in one place for long, Bob Murray shares his vision of what an artist is through the eyes of a manager. He also talks about what being an on-the-go music manager is like and the hustle, …

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The Art of Creating Extraordinary Scores with Composer, Ben Lovett

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  UNCONVENTIONAL AND EXTRAORDINARY SCORES FOR A DIVERSE RANGE OF FILMS ARE WHAT BEN LOVETT IS BEST KNOWN FOR.  IN THIS EPISODE, BEN SHARES THE STORY OF HIS NON-MUSICAL BACKGROUND AND SUBSEQUENT RISE TO SUCCESS. HE DISCUSSES HIS MUSICAL STYLE AND THE PEOPLE HE ADMIRES AND LISTENS TO.  HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT HIS VARIOUS PROJECTS AND CREATING THE MUSICAL SCORE FOR THE DOCUMENTARY “STUFFED“.  BEN HAS CRAFTED ORIGINAL SCORES FOR FILMS INCLUDING , “THE RITUAL” ON NETFLIX AND …

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Hard Work, Perseverance, Talent and Having A Brain for Business with Virtuoso Acoustic and Electric Cellist, Tina Guo

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  Musicians, especially those who provide scores for movies and TV shows, are most often hidden behind the scenes. However, today’s guest is very much in the spotlight, and her work with brands like Bentley has proven the importance of her music, talent and brand power. Today, Tara Joseph talks with virtuoso cellist/electric cellist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and entrepreneur Tina Guo, about what fuelled her passion for music and how she started composing. She also recalls how she …

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For Love And Music: Intro Episode

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  Music can play an important part in love and relationships, and one basically affects the other. Having spent many years behind the scenes as an agent and manager representing some fabulous artists, Tara Joseph now finds herself hosting a podcast called For Love And Music. In this intro episode, Tara talks about how she got into the music industry and explains why she named her podcast as such. She also shares the two reasons …

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Film and TV Scoring, Songwriting and Performing with Icelandic Born Composer, Herdís Stefánsdóttir

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    When watching our favorite films or TV series, we tend to take for granted that much of the experience we get comes as much from the musical score as from the pictures themselves. Tara Joseph is joined by Icelandic-born composer, songwriter and electronic musician, Herdís Stefánsdóttir in this episode. Herdis has scored two feature films, is currently working on a big project for HBO, as well as a number of short films. Herdís shares the …

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Getting Inspired and Creating Music with Composer, Andrew Prahlow

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    Composing music for video games and movies involves having an exceptional talent and being 100% driven.  Andrew Prahlow has fast become a star in the world of composing music for video games, trailers, and films. In today’s episode, Tara Joseph chats to Andrew about the process of composing and creating music for all types of media.  Andrew explains what it means to be a composer in the highly competitive world today whilst always looking …

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